Groundbreaking Research Comes Close to Unlocking a Diagnosis for CTE, One Brain at a Time

After studying the brains of about 500 scientists who died, CTE Center of Boston University Medical School has undergone a viable diagnosis of CTE for neurodegenerative brain diseases.

CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a degenerative neurological disease caused by repeated head trauma that can be determined only during post-mortem examination and can lead to uneven mood, depression and other cognitive difficulties .

"Vice President of Neuropathology at the Boston Healthcare System, Ann McKee, says: "If you can diagnose it, you can monitor it and test its treatment to see if it is effective in treating the condition." Its ability to genetic susceptibility "

McKee is cooperating with her team to diagnose and predict the genetic markers of CTE in a feasible way, but researchers at Kannalife Sciences have developed a viable therapy for this disease It is working.

Kannalife Sciences ("Kannalife") is a plant medical company specializing in the research and development of plant-derived pharmacological products. With the exclusive license of Kanna Life's patent "Cannabine as an antioxidant and neuroprotective agent" ("the '507 patent"), the company conducts research and develops cannabinoid-based therapeutic I can develop CTE. Athlete's degenerative encephalopathy KannaLife hopes that its own research will enable the development of cannabinoid (CBD) medicine and help brain protection

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Douglas Brenneman, Ph.D. - Scientific Advisory Committee Dr. Brenneman has over 30 years of research experience, a section chief at NICHD's Campus Program, and a senior research fellow at Johnson & Johnson. He has more than 170 scientific publications and 15 patents and focuses on the evaluation of neurotoxic substances and neuroprotective substances as well as various central nervous system preparations.

Medical diagnosis of CTE can only be done after postmortem brain examination. In the next decade several former NFL and college rugby players such as Terry Long, Andre Waters, Tom McHale, Owen Thomas, Dave Duerson, Ray Easterling, Junior Seau and others were diagnosed with CTE. Summer is one of the most tragic times in the history of NHL. That summer, Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien, Leafe Wade Belak died within four months. Boogaard, Rypien, Belak have played the role of law enforcement in NHL's career. Hockey law enforcement is a designated player whose responsibility and mission is to protect other players in the team from cheap shots and other dirty games. Executors tend to accomplish this task by playing very physical games and concentrating on combat techniques. These three players also shared many common symptoms of CTE.

Former NFL players now donate their brains and are under investigation. Recurrent diagnosis in the brains of these former soccer players, professional players, amateur players is CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This death has been identified as a protein called Tau, which can be formed in several different places in the brain. Protein accumulation destroys neurons. As a result of these damaged neurons, "general symptoms of CTE include sudden loss of memory in middle age, paranoia, insomnia and depression" (Gregory)